Arceus' Pirate Journey

"You have tried it before, this stone is indestructible. I will use it to make the strongest armor!"

He would never tell the truth in front of these people. Whether it was pirates or the underworld, there was no real trust and deception was the norm.

Either you are so cunning that no one can deceive you, or you are so powerful that no one dares to deceive you.

Arceus' abilities would slowly come to light over time, but no one except a few could have guessed what the connection was between the tablets and Arceus.

The stone tablet that Arceus successfully recovered looked completely different from the stone tablet that was lost. I guess no one would be able to recognize it except Arceus himself.

Kaido did not mention that Arceus needed it, but he needed to show how much he valued it, so the reasons he made up were all for his own use.

It seems reasonable at first glance. There are pirates who attach great importance to protective gear. The silver axe is an example.

It is not surprising that Kaido, a martial artist, wants to build the strongest armor, which also makes his high-priced purchase seem more reasonable.

It is also reasonable for a strong person to have his own quirks, and it is normal for him to have a collecting habit.

"How many pieces are there in total?"

"I don't know, but this shape can't be formed naturally. I got one before, and I think there must be other stones, but I have no idea where to find them. That's why I have to use your channels."

What Kaido said was half true and half false, so these people did not notice any problems for a while. After all, they did not understand the specific situation.

"No problem, as long as the price is right, these are minor issues. But Mr. Kaido, I would like to borrow the waterway in your territory. That waterway can save a lot of distance."

Umit was the first to agree. People in the underground world were open for business. It was impossible for them to refuse the big business that came to their doorstep. Even Stussy agreed.

She is a hidden agent of the World Government, and collecting intelligence is her job. As for other things, they are not her business. What she has to do is to collect appropriate intelligence and send it out while ensuring her own safety.

If there is a suitable opportunity, she will choose to act in advance to get something from others, but that depends on the strength of the opponent. She is no match for a pirate like Kaido.

The tea party went smoothly, and a business group called the Beast Fruit was also established today. It is the white glove of the Beast Pirates and is used to conduct some legal transactions.

Although it is not difficult to find out who is behind it, as long as there is enough profit, the world government will tolerate the existence of this gray industry.

As for the illegal underground industries, the Beasts Pirates is the best signboard and there is no need to prepare anything.

After Stussy left, he sent the information from the tea party, but this matter did not attract the attention of the World Government. The World Government had also studied this kind of stone slab, and Vegapunk couldn't do anything about it, so they naturally gave up.

They did have such stones in their hands, but they did not spend more effort to look for such useless things. Only some Tianlong people who were keen on collecting were interested in such stones.

Although Vegapunk was curious, he couldn't see the significance of this stone. For the World Government, it would be more practical to find a Lunarian instead of looking for this stone.

After the tea party, they left Cake Island one after another, and it was only then that Perospero came here.

The newly made dessert made Charlotte Linlin in a good mood. She did not show any anger when she saw Perospero approaching. Katakuri reported that Perospero had solved the problem, and this was the ending he saw.

"Mom, those people came for the Beasts. They are the remnants of the organ trafficking assassination group. They assassinated one of our caravans and then sneaked in. Now they have all been dealt with."

Without waiting for Charlotte Linlin to ask, Perospero told her all the information.

"In other words, they came here deliberately to attack Kaido and his group?"

"Yes... yes..." Perospero was a little scared when he saw Charlotte Linling's gloomy face, but he forced himself to calm down. If he showed fear in front of Charlotte Linling, the result would be terrible, even if it was her own son.

"Perospero, you've failed twice already."

After a long time, Charlotte Linlin suddenly said something that made Perospero feel cold all over.

"Although the fruit incident and the defense issue were dealt with, you still failed."

"Mom, listen to my explanation!"

"Listen, Perospero, I'll give you one last chance. I'll give you enough troops, and you'll take revenge on the remnants of the organ trafficking assassination group. If you fail again..."

"Don't worry, mom! I will make sure those guys know the consequences of offending us!"

He knew what Charlotte Linlin meant. No matter what the reason for their action was, taking action on Cake Island would be a slap in her face, so everything related to this organization is now the enemy of the BIG MOM Pirates.

His tone was firm, because he knew that if he didn't deal with these people, he would be the one in trouble.

"Go ahead, this is your last chance."

Charlotte Lingling took the two babies from Zeus with a friendly face, without showing any anger at all, but Perospero had already set out to prepare ships and intelligence, and he could only maintain his status as the eldest son by doing this well.

"The fur tribe seems to be really strong. It seems that Totland needs to speed up its expansion. There are still many races to be expanded."

Although she did not leave the banquet hall, the Cake Island was full of her Homies. She knew exactly what was happening below, and the power of Zeraora made her feel that the Minks were very powerful.

Meanwhile, Arceus and his ship are still on their way...

Chapter 119: Navy and Pirates

After the completion of the Beast King, the shipyard in the Beast Territory began to build the second ship, a flagship belonging to Arceus. However, due to issues with materials and craftsmanship, it would take some time for this ship to be completed.

The ship that Arceus is on at this time is the ship that Kaido and his men got from the Kingdom of Natho. As the first ship of the Beasts Pirates, although it has experienced a lot of war, it can still sail on the sea.

People always miss the old things, and will not easily discard them even if they have been used for a long time.

The hundreds of people on the ship had to maintain high spirits. That was how Manderfisch's good luck came about. They didn't think they were worse than Manderfisch before he gained his abilities, and they were all waiting for the opportunity to make meritorious deeds.

"Brother Jin, we're only half a day's sail away, but do we really want to go there?"

"This is the order of the Holy Beast Master, and it is also the arrangement of fate. Is there any problem?"

The so-called arrangement of fate is that Arceus uses his energy hand to grab a stone at random and throws it onto the sea chart. Wherever the stone falls, that is the next search area.

It is obvious that the place they are going to this time is not so safe. Although the members of the Beasts are eager to get more, they are also afraid of the unknown.

"No, but I heard that it's quite chaotic there. After all, Garzburg is known as a land where war never ends..."

Garzburg is a country located in the New World, but this name has long been forgotten by history. Nowadays, the world more often calls it the Country of Endless War.

The name comes from the fact that wars are always going on here. Many years ago, the king of Galzburg died, and since then, Galzburg has been divided into two parts.

Whether it is external or internal, the country is at war, so much so that there are orphans everywhere in the country and minefields are everywhere. As long as you get close to the battlefield, you may unfortunately step on a mine.

However, they did not know during the voyage that in the country of Endless War, this protracted war had been declared over a few days ago, and it was not the army that ended the war, but a man-Douglas Barrett.

Barrett was born here 14 years ago, but he was a war orphan. His father had died on the battlefield long ago, and his mother chose to abandon him after he was born.

However, he was adopted by a country's military for the purpose of training young soldiers, who were tasked with performing suicide missions such as stepping on mines and using bombs to clear paths.

These young soldiers were called bullets, and the pronunciation of bullet was the origin of Barrett's name. His surname came from the highest commander of this unit - Douglas Gray.

Six years ago, Barrett became a soldier under him as Number Nine.

The person who performs best in the battle can get a medal. Barrett, who had only weapons as his companions in his childhood, wanted to get that medal the most. However, when he was about to achieve his goal, he was betrayed by his companions.

On the verge of death, he killed his companions, took back his medal, but also lost his trust in his companions, and from then on he acted alone.

One year ago, Barrett became a hero on the battlefield and the strongest young soldier. He was on the verge of death in a dangerous operation, but by chance he got the "Fusion Fruit".

The superhuman fusion fruit can make the inorganic matter it touches merge with its own body. Not only can it merge with the body, but it can also combine the inorganic matter together and rearrange it to create new weapons.

The thing that is most abundant on the battlefield is weapons, and the ability of the fusion fruit makes him even more powerful.

Not long ago, Barrett had been hailed as a national hero, and his country was on the verge of victory in the war.

Douglas Gray also became a general of the country because of Barrett.

But Barrett's strength made Gray feel dangerous. He felt that he could not control Barrett's power, so he promised to let him leave the battlefield after the war and give him true freedom.

Originally this was just a lie. He thought Barrett would die on the battlefield, and then he could use his army to recapture the enemy forces that were broken through by Barrett and become a true "hero".

But he underestimated Barrett's strength. He didn't expect that he could really fight against an entire army alone and destroy all the enemy forces. When Barrett found out that Gray had also betrayed him, he was furious and destroyed the country and army here, which also attracted the attention of the World Government.

Because Gray wanted to join the World Government after the war. They were once a member of the Allied Nations, and as a military country they had the ability to plunder the Heavenly Gold, so the World Government agreed to his request.

Barrett appeared unexpectedly, so his actions attracted the attention of the World Government, and the people who were hunting him down have already set out.

This news happened just a few days ago. Arceus and his men did not receive the news, so they went here as usual. When they landed, all they saw was a dead land.

The vultures were pecking at the corpses. When they saw people coming, they not only did not run away, but even showed signs of attacking the people. This shows how comfortable these vultures have been living during this period of time, to the point where they would actively attack humans.

However, after two gunshots, the vultures chose to flee in all directions, leaving only feathers scattered on the ground.

“It’s really miserable here…”

"So, have they fought to this extent?" Even though they were pirates, they felt uncomfortable seeing this scene.

"Boss Arceus! Should we continue to go deeper?"

"Go on, and see if there are any living people around." The area here is not small, and if he wants to search for the stone slabs, he has to search the surroundings first. As for seeing if there are any living people, although he is not here to save people, he doesn't mind helping if he meets someone who is not dead.

Humans are extremely fragile, but they often have a strong will to survive, and they actually met quite a few living people in the ruins.

Those who were able to move had already left here, and the ruins were filled with buried people. If no one helped them, all that awaited them would be a slow death.

"Hey! Someone come and help, there are still people here, and this stone is too heavy!"

There were several more footsteps heard around, and with their combined efforts, the stone that was pressing on top was finally moved away, but the air became quiet the next moment.

"navy?!"

"Pirates?!"

The blue and white navy uniforms and the white pirate flag tattoos were iconic features that had already revealed the identities of both parties. Just now, they had not noticed each other's identities because they were blocked by the boulder. Now that the rock had been moved away and the obstruction had disappeared, they could see each other's identities clearly.

The sound of bullets being loaded was heard, and the two groups of people who had originally worked together to rescue people now faced each other tensely.

Chapter 120 Flame Vortex

"Damn it, why is the navy here?"

"Damn it, why are there pirates here?"

Two ideas appeared in the minds of both parties at the same time. The pirates were naturally the members of the Beasts who had gone deep into this place, and these navy members were originally ordered by the World Government to come here to capture Barrett's navy.

They are members of the second batch of recruits led by Zefa.

The recruit camp led by Zefa himself lasts for one year because it is impossible for Zefa to be responsible for all the basic training of the navy.

Those who come here have completed basic training and are about to join the army, or are members who have made meritorious contributions and come here for further training. It is similar to a pre-exam sprint intensive class. They have gone through several screenings before entering here.

Anyone can do basic physical training, there is no need to waste his energy, that is done by his assistants and other instructors.

Sakaski and Borsalino are the first batch of graduates. At this time, Zefa has already started to teach the second batch of students, and capturing Barrett is their graduation internship.

Gray described Barrett's strength, so the Navy believed that the new recruits led by Zefa were enough to complete this mission.

Although Zefa retired from his post as admiral and only retained his military rank, his strength was still there, and he was not only responsible for training new recruits. He would take on new recruits' graduation assessments when he went out on missions.

In addition to the ordinary excellent navy, the training camp also has elite officers transferred from all over the world and newly recruited monsters for intensive training.

Whether it is the three admirals of Aokiji's period or the elite lieutenant admirals in the later period, almost all of them were early students of Zefa's training camp.

Overall, the strength of the training camp is not weak.

However, they still underestimated Barrett's strength. Facing the encirclement and suppression team led by Zefa, Barrett successfully escaped, and the task of these people changed from capturing Barrett to rescuing local civilians.

This is not an allied country, and the navy has no obligation to rescue, but the naval commanders who are away have the right to order their subordinates to do such things, so a rescue operation is launched.

The navy arrived earlier and had already penetrated deep into the heart of the country, while the beasts arrived later, which resulted in them bumping into each other from both sides.

The pirates didn't expect there would be navy here, so they directly called on their companions to come over for help. The navy didn't expect there would be pirates rescuing people here, so they went straight over after hearing the shouts.

The guns were pointed at each other and no one acted rashly. If a shot was opened at this time, both sides would suffer losses.

The small-scale confrontation ended with the cry of a child in the ruins, and a Navy medic chose to treat the wounded.

After seeing that these pirates had no intention of stopping them, they began to retreat gradually. Eventually, the distance between the two sides became farther and farther, and each hid behind cover.

"What's wrong with these pirates? Will they save people?"

"Maybe your conscience has changed. Go inform Instructor Zefa and prepare to arrest them."

"Is this okay? They are also saving people..."

"You only saw them saving people, but you couldn't see how many people they killed. We can ignore this time, but we can't ignore these pirates."

Whether it is the Zephyr who adhered to the principle of not killing before or the Zephyr now, he will not choose to ignore the pirates. The same is true for the students under his teaching. Maybe they are good people, but becoming wanted pirates is a reason for the navy to arrest them.

The new recruits of the navy turned around to inform Zefa what happened here, and the pirates did the same.

"Brother Jin, this is bad. There are navy troops on this island, and they seem to be quite numerous."

"Got it. You guys retreat back to the vicinity of the ship first."

Jin, who was standing opposite Den Den Mushi, was not shocked, because there were already a lot of marines lying on the ground near him. He had been following Arceus and had gone deeper into the place than ordinary members, so naturally he had encountered these marines.

"Master Holy Beast, do you have any new discoveries?"

"No, it seems that it is not on this island. It is time to leave here."